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January 1

Four wings I have, which swiftly mount on high, on sturdy pinions, yet I never fly; And though my body often moves around, upon the self-same spot I'm always found, and, like a mother, who breaks her infant's bread. I chew for man before he can be fed.

Windmill

January 2

It flies when it's on and floats coming off.

Feather

January 3

What is a foot long and slippery?

Slipper

January 4

What has a head, but can't think. And has no limbs but can drive.

Hammer

January 5

I'm a lion with a human head. Guess my Riddle or you'll be dead.

Sphinx

January 6

A thing with a thundering breech. It weighing a thousand welly. I have heard it roar louder than Guy's wild boar. They say it hath death in its belly.

Cannon

January 7

There is a body without a heart. That has a tongue and yet no head. Buried it was before it was made, and loud it speaks and yet is dead.

Bell

January 8

Holding two swords and eight spears. Dressed in a cow-leather tunic. He peeks through a hole in the door.

Crab

January 9

Little Nancy Etticote, in a white petticoat. With a red nose; the longer she stands, the shorter she grows.

Candle

January 10

What needs to be taken from you Before you have it?

Picture

January 11

Its tall is round and hollow, Seems to get chewed a bit, But you'll rarely see this thing Unless the other end is lit.

Pipe

January 12

A red house is made of red bricks. A blue house is made of blue bricks. A yellow house is made of yellow bricks. What is a greenhouse made of?

I am partially baked. I am not completely lit. I am a portion of the moon. I am lesser than full wit. I am a divider of the hour. I am not a total lie. I am a sibling through one parent.

Half

January 15

What has a bottom right at the top?

Leg

January 16

What won't break if you throw it off The highest building in the world, But will break if you place it In the ocean?

Tissue

January 17

Who can shave ten times a day And still have a beard?

Barber

January 18

Though seldom I flatter, I oft show respect To the prelate, the patriot, and the peer; But sometimes, alas! A sad proof of neglect, Or a mark of contempt, I appear. By the couch of the sick, I am frequently found, And I always attend on the dead; With patient affliction, I sit on the ground, But if talk'd of, I'm instantly fled.

Silence

January 19

Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.

Book

January 20

I'm in a box, full of that which is most rare. But I'm not a flute, and I'm not some hair. Though soft be my bed, I'm as hard as a rock. While dull in the dark, I glisten once unlocked.

Jewel

January 21

My first is to be seen Every day in the firmament; My second conquers Kings and queens; And my whole is what I would offer To a friend in distress.

Solace

January 22

If you slash it, It heals at once.

Water

January 23

To you, rude would I never be, Though I flag my tongue for all to see.

Dog

January 24

The wave, over the wave, a weird thing I saw, Through-wrought, and wonderfully ornate: A wonder on the wave-water became bone.

Ice

January 25

What has thirteen hearts But no body or soul?

Deck

January 26

A prickly house a little host contains; The pointed weapons keep back from pains, So he, unarmed, safe in his fort remains.

Hedgehog

January 27

A small hill with seven holes.

Head

January 28

Six legs, two heads, Two hands, one long nose. Yet he uses only four legs Wherever he goes.

Horseman

January 29

Plow and hoe, reap and sow, What soon does every farmer grow?

Weary

January 30

What jumps when it walks And sits when it stands?

Kangaroo

January 31

When we stand up it lies flat. When we lie back it stands up.

Foot

Febuary 1

Take one royal word in the plural And make it singular By adding one letter.

Princes

Febuary 2

I am a tale in children's minds. I keep their secrets and share them inside. I blur their thoughts into fantasies kept Like a canvas of art or a submarine depth. Though an illusion it occurs every night; I give them a fantasy; I give them a fright. Nor good or bad but always nigh?

Dream

Febuary 3

I can be short and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress.

Temper

Febuary 4

I have many letters, And though it's strange to say, I stay the same no matter How many I give away.

Mailman

Febuary 5

The Load-bearer. The warrior. The Frightened One. The Brave. The Fleet-of-foot. The Iron-shod. The Faithful One. The Slave.

Horse

Febuary 6

It has plenty of backbone But doesn't have a let. It peels like an orange But it comes from an egg.

Snake

Febuary 7

What does a cat have That no other animal has?

Kittens

Febuary 8

I have an eye But cannot see, You'll head inside When you see me.

Storm

Febuary 9

It's been around For millions of years, But it's no more Than a month old.

Moon

Febuary 10

When I live I cry, If you don't kill me I'll die.

Candle

Febuary 11

It's held in the hand When going out.

Doorknob

Febuary 12

What kind of dog chases anything red?

Bulldog

Febuary 13

Seven brothers, Five work all day, The other two, Just play or pray.

Week

Febuary 14

My head bobs lazily in the sun. You think I'm cute For my face is yellow my hair is white and my body is green.

Daisy

Febuary 15

My back and belly is wood, And my ribs is lined with leather. I've a hole in my nose and one in my breast, And I'm mostly used in cold weather.

Bellows

Febuary 16

I can trap many different things and colors, Ever changing, not boring. Look closely and you may find yourself Also caught in my trap.

Mirror

Febuary 17

My first is ocean but not in sea, My second in milk but not in me. My third is in three but not in throw, My fourth in vow but not in crow. My fifth is in eight but not in night, My last is in wrong and also right. My whole is praise for thoughts or men; Or women, too, or tongue or pen.

Clever

Febuary 18

I think you live beneath a roof That is upheld by me; I think you seldom walk abroad, But my fair form you see; I close you in on every side, you very dwelling pave, and probably I'll go with you At last into the grave.

Wood

Febuary 19

Six letters do my name compound; Among the aged oft I'm found; The shepherd also, by the brook, Hears me when Leaning on his crook; But in the middle me divide, And take the half on either side, Each backward read, a liquor tell, Ev'ry gay toper knows it well.

Murmur

Febuary 20

The side of cat with the most hair.

Outside

Febuary 21

Crooked as a rainbow, And slick as a plate, Ten thousand horses Can't pull it straight.

River

Febuary 22

Two legs I've got, Which never walk on ground; But when I go or run, One leg turns round.

Compass

Febuary 23

What's higher than the king?

Crown

Febuary 24

The more you look at it, The less you see.

Sun

Febuary 25

What is the largest living ant on earth?

Elephant

Febuary 26

I have legs but never walk, I may have flowers but no soil, I hold food but never eat.

Table

Febuary 27

It increases and decreases Yet no one see it. It is not a fire And yet it can be quenched.

Thirst

Febuary 28

Though I do not speak, I oft impart The secret wishes of the heart; I may deceive, may make amends, May create foes, and yet make friends. The harshest anger I can disarm, Such is the power of my charm.

Smile

Febuary 29

What was was, before was was was?

Is

March 1

A shimmering field that reaches far. Yet it has no tracks, And is crossed without paths.

Ocean

March 2

What is the first thing A gardener plants in the garden?

Foot

March 3

What bird is always unhappy?

Bluebird

March 4

One pace to the North. Two paces to the East. Two paces to the South. Two paces to the West. One pace to the North.

Square

March 5

I help to mature your spirits. When moistened I fulfill my purpose. Should I dry out, my task will fail And my quarry may be worthless.

Cork

March 6

There is not wind enough to twirl That one red leaf, nearest of its clan, Which dances as often as dance it can.

Sun

March 7

Has no feet, but travels far. Is literate, but not a scholar. Has no mouth, yet clearly speaks.

Letter

March 8

My first is a heir; My second's a snare; My whole is the offspring of fancy; Which I sent, out of play, Upon Valentine's day, As a token of love, to my Nancy.

Sonnet

March 9

What do we see every day, Kings see rarely, And God never sees?

Equal

March 10

What is always coming Every day, But never arrives Until the next?

Tomorrow

March 11

I'm strangely capricious, I'm sour or I'm sweet, To housewives am useful, To children a treat; Yet I freely confess I more mischief have done, Than anything else That is under the sun.

Apple

March 12

We are few to the wise; We are abundant to the drunken; We can calm the beast And are precious to the child; We can devour the heart, Without piercing the skin.

Words

March 13

What kind of cheese is made backwards?

Edam

March 14

Squeeze it and it cries tears As red as its flesh, But its heart is made of stone.

Cherry

March 15

Which building has the most stories?

Library

March 16

What 's the difference Between one yard and two yards?

Fence

March 17

They come to witness the night Without being called, A sailor's guide and a poet's tears. They are lost to the sight each day Without the hand of a thief.

Stars

March 18

Black within and red without, With four corners round about.

Chimney

March 19

What grows bigger The more you contract it?

Debt

March 20

It's in the church, but not in the steeple; It's in the parson, but not in the people; It's in the oyster, but not in the shell; It's in the clapper, but not in the bell.

R

March 21

Golden treasure I contain, Guarded by hundreds and thousands. Stored in a labyrinth where no man walks, Yet men come often to seize my gold. By smoke I am overcome and robbed, then left to build my treasure anew.

Beehive

March 22

When it comes in, From sea to shore, Twenty paces you'll see, No less, no more.

Fog

March 23

Has feathers but can't fly. Rests on legs but can't walk.

Mattress

March 24

I am merry creature in pleasant time of year, As in but certain seasons, I sing that you can hear; And yet I'm made a by-word, A very perfect mock; Compared to foolish persons, And silliest of all folk.

Cuckoo

March 25

Your cat does my first in your ear O were I admitted as near! In my second I've held by you, my fair, So long that I almost despair; But my prey, if at last I overtake, What a glorious third I shall make!

Purchase

March 26

A bird done at every meal.

Swallow

March 27

What has three feet But no arms or legs?

Yard

March 28

Say, what is that which in its form unites All that is graceful, elegant, and true; By all admired, by all acknowledged great, And (as I trust) sincerely loved by you; Which ever on the virtuous attends, And of their peace will surest safeguard prove; The best support of noble, upright minds, The best foundation of connubial love?

Truth

March 29

What goes with a train, And comes with a train, And the train doesn't need it, But can't go without it?

Noise

March 30

You seek it out, When your hunger's ripe. It sits on four legs, And smokes a pipe.

Stove

March 31

What fish came first?

Goldfish

April 1

I scribble forms of the finest letter, And repel elements of the harshest weather. I am an arrow-aimer and a dust-breaker.

Feather

April 2

This is a dead giveaway.

Will

April 3

The warmer I am, The fresher I am.

Bread

April 4

I know a word of letters three, Add two and fewer there will be.

Few

April 5

People want it, And when they have it, They use it, By giving it.

Money

April 6

My first keeps time, My second spends time, My whole tells time.

Watchman

April 7

I can be quick and then I'm deadly, I am a rock, shell and bone medley. If I was made into a man, I'd make people dream, I gather in my millions By ocean, sea and stream.

Sand

April 8

My first, though water, cures no thirst, My next alone has soul, And when he lives upon my first, He then is called my whole.

Seaman

April 9

I am a good state, There can be no doubt of it; But those who are in, Entirely are out of it.

Sane

April 10

What age most travelers have?

Baggage

April 11

What is all over the house?

Roof

April 12

What can go through glass without breaking it.

Light

April 13

Its days are numbered.

Calendar

April 14

If you were to throw a white stone into the Red Sea, What would it become?

Wet

April 15

It doesn't live within a house, nor does it live without. Most will use it when they come in, and again when they go out.

Door

April 16

A kind of weather that comes your way, but add a “D” and it will run away.

Drain

April 17

I can travel from there to here by disappearing, and here to there by reappearing.

T

April 18

There's one of me for everything, through only four are we. O'er and o'er we repeat, cycling endlessly. But Then, I am an act you'll do, when standing at the range. One word, and yet, I've meanings two. I hope it's not too strange.

Season

April 19

Though easy to spot, when allowed to plume, It is hard to see, when held in a room.

Smoke

April 20

Cold head and feet; Round as a ball; Always turning around itself.

Earth

April 21

An iron horse with a flaxen tail. The faster the horse runs, the shorter his tail becomes.

Needle

April 22

In the sun it likes to play; In the rain it goes away; Walk or run it always follows; In the mud it always wallows.

Shadow

April 23

I have a little sister, they call her Peep, Peep; She wades the waters deep, deep, deep; She climbs the mountains high,high, high; Poor little creature she has but one eye.

Star

April 24

I have no head, and a tail I lack, but oft have arms, and legs, and back; I inhabit the palace, the tavern, the cot, 'Tis a beggarly residence where I am not. If a monarch were present (I tell you no fable), I still should be placed at the head of the table.

Chair

April 25

Be sure to shout for its answers are weak, but there is no language it cannot speak.

Echo

April 26

In the evening I'm long, in the morning I'm small; When seen in a ballroom, I'm nothing at all.

Shadow

April 27

What becomes too young the longer it exists?

Portrait

April 28

What part of a fish weights most?

Scales

April 29

What word is that, which, deprived of its first letter, leaves you sick.

Music

April 30

I come out of the earth, I am sold in the market. He who buys me cuts my tail, takes off m suit of silk, and weeps beside me when I am dead.

Onion

May 1

Though learning has fed me, I know not a letter; I live among the books, Yet am never the better.

Bookworm

May 2

I ride, I ride; No tracks are left. I chop and chop; There are no chips left. He rides and rides; Turns around: There is no road left.

Boat

May 3

My first is in spell, but not book. My second is in fright and also shook. My third is in cauldron, but never in pot. My fourth is in net and also in knot. My fifth is in bat, but never in vampire. My sixth is in coal, but not found in fire. My seventh is in moon, but not in night.

Phantom

May 4

What hatches without food?

Hunger

May 5

What is the word that even in plain sight remains hidden?

Hidden

May 6

In birth I spring forth, in life I unfold. In death I wilt and die, but rebirth restores all.

Leaf

May 7

Slowly creeping, I am weeping, changing shades, and growing.

Spring

May 8

Though it is not an ox, it has horns; Though it is not a donkey, it has packed-saddle; And wherever it goes it leaves silver behind.

Snail

May 9

What are you certain to find inside your pocket when you reach into it?

Hand

May 10

I have a tail. I can fly. I'm covered in colorful feathers. I can whistle and I can talk.

Parrot

May 11

In Paris but not in France, the thinnest of its siblings.

I

May 12

What weeps without eyes or eyelids, her tears rejoicing sons and fathers; and when she laughs and no tears fall, her laughter saddens all hearts?

Cloud

May 13

Passed from father to son and shared between brothers, its importance is unquestioned though it is used more by others.

Surname

May 14

Within passion's fruit the will be found, and more of them in the pomegranate's crown. Rowed they are within an apple's core, yet other fruits have them more. And though the nectarine has but one, still, this is all just in fun. Playing hide and seek- a children's game. Finding out each player is just the same.

Seeds

May 15

What is born long, dies short, and spends its life leaving a trail?

Pencil

May 16

A bird that is: Nothing, Twice yourself, Fifty.

Owl

May 17

I am nothing really at all, Yet I am easily found; Ignore me at your own peril, and you might end up crowned!

Cavity

May 18

I start in little but I end in full, you'll find me in half and complete.

L

May 19

What smells the most in the kitchen?

Nose

May 20

Old Grandpa Diddle Daddle jumped in the mud puddle, green cap and yellow shoes. Guess all your loftiness and you can't guess these news.

Frog

May 21

When I get closer my tail grows longer, but when I go away my tail leads the way.

Comet

May 22

What is that which, though black itself, enlightens the world without burning?

Ink

May 23

What is that which, while it lives, constantly changes its habit, that is buried before it is dead, and whose tomb is valued wherever it is found?

Silkworm

May 24

My head and tail both equal are, my middle slender as a bee. Whether I stand on head or heel Is quite the same to you or me. But if my head should be cut off, the matter's true, though passing strange directly I to nothing change.

Eight

May 25

My strength is powerful and great, 'Tis tru, altho' it seemeth strange, I carry many thousand weight, with which I many miles do range. Whene'er I reach my journey's end with all my speed I hasten home; and tho' I often man befriend, I sometimes also seal his doom.

Tide

May 26

What gets harder to catch the faster you run?

Breath

May 27

What turns from red to black as soon as it touches water.

Ember

May 28

A path between high natural masses; remove the first letter to get a path between man-made masses.

What is the thing that stays the same size, but the more it's used the more it decreases?

Iron

June 5

Too much for one, Enough for two, and nothing at all for three.

Secret

June 6

As I was going through a field of wheat, I found something good to eat; It wasn't fish or flesh or bone; I kept it till it ran alone.

Egg

June 7

I am small, but, when entire, of force to set a town on fire; Let but one letter disappear, I then can hold a herd of deer; Take one more off, and then you'll find I once contained all human kind.

Spark

June 8

It has two bands but no money.

River

June 9

It can make rain, but take away one leg and it'll give you pain.

R

June 10

Man walks over, man walks under, in times of war he burns asunder.

Bridge

June 11

What has a coat; Hugs you not in sympathy; Whose smile you'd rather not see; Whose stance is a terrible thing to see; Who is it that brave men run away from; Whose finders are clawed; Whose sleep lasts for months; And who's company we shunt?

Bear

June 12

What has four legs during the day; and six or eight during the night?

Bed

June 13

What's at the head of an elephant and at the tail of a squirrel?

EL

June 14

Sitting down you have it, Standing up you don't.

Lap

June 15

I've got a beautiful, beautiful hall all walled in red velvet, with all white armchairs made of bone, and in the middle a woman dances.

Mouth

June 16

My voice rises above the din sometimes catching all unaware. I never ask questions yet get many answers.

Doorbell

June 17

What creature starts yellow inside and white outside, then becomes its first five before becoming the whole?

Chicken

June 18

I'm a slippery fish in a cloudy sea; Neither hook nor spear will capture me; With your hand you must hunt down this fish, to see that it ends up in the dish.

Soap

June 19

When one does not know what it is, then it is something; But when one knows that it is, then it is nothing.

Riddle

June 20

What has ears but can't hear?

Corn

June 21

This sparkling globe can float on water. It is light as a feather, but ten giants can't pick it up.

Bubble

June 22

I fly to any foreign parts, assisted by my spreading wings. My body holds an hundred hearts, Nay, I will tell you stranger things when I am not in haste I ride, and then I mend my pace anon. I issue fire from my side. You witty youths, this riddle con.

As I went over London Bridge I met my sister Jenny; I broke her neck and drank her blood and left her standing empty.

Gin

June 25

Perfect with a head, perfect without a head; Perfect with a tail, perfect without a tail; Perfect with either, neither, or both.

Wig

June 26

What key is the hardest to turn?

Donkey

June 27

A young man wants to have it, but when he has it he no longer wants it. Blade in hand he attacks it And does his best to remove it. Yet he knows that it is all in vain.

Beard

June 28

By the way, what never moves, wears shoes, sandals and boots, but has no feet?

Sidewalk

June 29

It can be repeated but rarely in the same way. It can't be changed but can be rewritten. It can be passed down, but should not be forgotten.

History

June 30

What number has all letters in alphabetical order when spelled out?

Forty

July 1

My body is quite thin, and has nothing within, neither have I head, face, or eye; yet a tail I have got full as long as- what not? And up, without wings, I can fly.

Kite

July 2

In all the world, none can compare, to this tiny weaver, his deadly cloth so silky and fair.

Spider

July 3

What bird can lift the heaviest weight?

Crane

July 4

They are two brothers. However much they run, They do not reach each other.

Wheels

July 5

What is orange and sounds like a parrot?

Carrot

July 6

The older they are the less wrinkles they have.

Tires

July 7

What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot?

Carpet

July 8

The cost of making only the maker knows, valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as king. When one is broken pain and deceit are assured.

Promise

July 9

What goes up the chimney down, but can't go down the chimney up?

Umbrella

July 10

Four legs in front, two behind; Its steely armor scratched and dented by rocks and sticks; still it toils as it helps feed the hungry.

Plough

July 11

Without what would everyone lose their head?

Neck

July 12

Bury deep, pile on stones, yet I will dig up the bones.

Memory

July 13

Mouth up it gets filled, mouth down it gets empty.

Bottle

July 14

What is the end of everything?

G

July 15

What goes into the water black and comes out red?

Lobster

July 16

Silently I drink and dive in fluids dark as night. I beat the mighty warrior but never in fight. The black blood in my veins your thirst for knowledge slakes. My spittle is more venomous than that of poison snakes.

Pen

July 17

A white field, and when it is plowed, its soil is black.

Paper

July 18

Held firmly in the hands, like a sword it cuts deep. Bloodless strokes, all, then forward we leap.

Paddle

July 19

What has one hand longer than the other, and goes on all day and night.

Clock

July 20

It goes up the hill, and down the hill, and yet stands still.

Road

July 21

Brown I am and much admired; many horses have I tried; tire a horse and worry a man; tell me this riddle if you can.

Saddle

July 22

What do you call the mother-in-law of your sister's husband?

Mother

July 23

What is long, pink and wet and is rude to pull out in front of people?

Tongue

July 24

A young lady walked through the meadow and scattered her glass pearls. The Moon saw this, yet didn't tell her. The Sun woke up and gathered the pearls.

Dew

July 25

Salty water everywhere but not sea in sight!

Tears

July 26

I am a window, I am a lamp, I am clouded, I am shining, I am colored and set in white, I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but I have no words.

Eye

July 27

What word In the English language is always spelled wrong?

Wrong

July 28

Thirty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.

Teeth

July 29

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground. Sometimes I leave, but I am always around.

Tree

July 30

Where is the ocean deepest?

Bottom

July 31

What goes inside boots and outside shoes?

Ankles

August 1

It's always above the negatives Yet it's lower than the first prime no matter how you multiply it's the same every time.

Zero

August 2

A precious gift, yet it has no end, no beginning, and nothing in the middle.

Ring

August 3

My first is high, my second damp, my whole a tie, a writer's cramp.

Hyphen

August 4

My first is a title of honor; My second is myself; My first is your and I; My whole is a beautiful fixed star, seen in the winter.

Sirius

August 5

Make three fourths of a cross, then a circle complete; Let two semicircles a perpendicular meet; then add a triangle that stands on two feet, with two semicircles and a circle complete.

Tobacco

August 6

What flares up and does a lot of good, and when it dies is just a piece of wood?

Match

August 7

My first is an insect; m second is a border; my whole puts the face in a tuneful disorder.

Anthem

August 8

At the end of my yard there is a vat, four-and-twenty ladies dancing in that; Some in green gowns, and some with blue hat: He is a wise man who can tell me that.

Flax

August 9

A device for finding furniture in the dark.

Shin

August 10

While I did live, I food did give, which many one did daily eat. Now being dead, you see they tread me under feet about the street.

Cow

August 11

What can you always count on?

Fingers

August 12

There she goes over the road, a young mare that is whinnying. A fiery spot on her forehead, with her hindquarters ablaze.

Thunder

August 13

The land was white the seed was black It'll take a good scholar to riddle me that.

Book

August 14

The strongest chains will not bind it. Ditch and rampart will not slow it down. A thousand soldiers cannot beat it, it can knock down trees with a single bush.

Wind

August 15

They took me from my mother's side where I was bravely bred and when to age I did become they did cut off my head. They gave to me some diet drink that often made me mad but it made peace between two kings and made two lovers glad.

Quill

August 16

In the fields a frightful thing. Watch it and you will find, it has a pitchfork in the front, and a broom back behind.

Bull

August 17

Walk on the living, they don't even mumble. Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.

Leaves

August 18

When people come for me to meet, they come to me with heavy feet. The one I hold, when I get my chance, will turn and spin, and start to dance.

Gallows

August 19

I have legs but seldom walk; I backbite many but never talk; I seek places that can hide me because those that feed me cannot abide me.

Flea

August 20

First I may be your servant's name; then your desires I may proclaim; And, when your mortal life is over hold all your wealth within my power.

Will

August 21

A hold leading in a hold leading out I connect to a cavern that is slimy throughout.

Nose

August 22

What can you spell with B, R and Y?

Brandy

August 23

You can draw me, fire me or fill me in.

Gun

August 24

A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son.

Daughter

August 25

Although a human shape I wear, Mother I never had; And though no sense nor life I share, in finest silks I'm clad. By every miss I'm valued much, beloved and highly prized; still my cruel fate is such by boys I am often despised.

Doll

August 26

What flowers have two lips?

Tulips

August 27

It can pierce the best armor and make swords crumble with a rub, yet for all its power It can't harm a wooden club.

Rust

August 28

Though my beauty is becoming I can hurt you just the same; I come in many colors; I am what I am by any other name.

Rose

August 29

The older this thing grows the more valued it becomes. It is always much better when its breathing is done.

Wine

August 30

Before my birth I have a name, but soon as born I lose the same; and when I'm laid within the tomb, I do my father's name assume; I change my name three days together, yet live but on in any weather.

Today

August 31

What is drawn by everyone without pen or pencil?

Breath

September 1

I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never seen out of darkness.

S

September 2

My first is nothing but a name; my second is more small; my whole is of so little fame it has no name at all.

Nameless

September 3

Slain to be saved, with much ado and pain, scatter'd, dispersed and gather'd up again; wither'd though young, sweet though not perfumed, and carefully laid up to be consumed.

Hay

September 4

In many hall ways you would stand, if not with this in hand.

Key

September 5

When the horse strokes the cat the wood begins to sing.

Violin

September 6

The answer to this riddle is unknown.

Unknown

September 7

What stays the same size no matter how much they weight?

Scales

September 8

They belong to me; they belong to you; they can make you feel happy or make you feel blue; they never end until the day you do.

Thoughts

September 9

What is brown and sticky?

Stick

September 10

The higher I climb the hotter I engage, I cannot escape my crystal cage.

Mercury

September 11

I'm sometimes white, but most often I'm black. I take you there, but never bring you back.

Hearse

September 12

There was a little heart inside a little white house, which was inside a little yellow house, which was inside a little brown house, which was inside a little green house.

Walnut

September 13

Sometimes black, sometimes white, I have veins but no blood.

Marble

September 14

I have a head and a tail, exactly the same size.

Coin

September 15

If you're to idleness inclined, a lesson take from me; though small in body, yet you'll find I work with constant glee. And lest stern Winter's chilling snow should spread the verdure over; While Summer's sun in full glow, I then secure my store.

Ant

September 16

What can you blow up and keep intact?

Balloon

September 17

As I walked along the path I saw something with four fingers an done thumb, but it was not flesh, fish, bone, or fowl.

Glove

September 18

When I'm born I fly. When I'm alive I lay. When I'm dead I run.

Snow

September 19

What divides by uniting and by dividing?

Scissors

September 20

They can be long or short; they can be grown or bought; they can be painted or left bare; they can be round or square.

Nails

September 21

Long Legs, crooked thighs, little head, and no eyes.

Tongs

September 22

I am where the sky is orange, I am where the glass is red, I am the land of violet bananas and the home to blue oranges.

Negative

September 23

Gown but not a priest; crown but not a king.

Rooster

September 24

My tail is long, my coat is brown, I like the country, I like the town. I can live in a house or live in a shed, And I come out to play when you are in bed.

Mouse

September 25

What follows a dog wherever it goes?

Tail

September 26

It is by nature, soft as silk; A puffy cloud, white as milk; Snow tops this tropical crop; The dirtiest part of a mop.

Cotton

September 27

The floor's on top, the roof's beneath, and from this place I rarely leave. Yet with the passing of each day. A new horizon greets my gaze.

Sailor

September 28

We dwell in cottages of straw, and labor much for little gains; sweet food from us our masters draw, and then with death reward our pains.

Bees

September 29

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

Queue

September 30

Even if my life is taken eight still remain.

Cat

October 1

What kind of cup doesn't hold water?

Cupcake

October 2

Four holes, one going in and three coming out; When you are going in you are out and when you are coming out you are in.

Shirt

October 3

What is never eaten before lunch?

Dinner

October 4

My first is snapping, snarling, growling, My second's industrious, romping, and prowling. Higgledy piggledy Here we lie, picked and plucked, and put in a pie.

Currants

October 5

What kind of fish chases a mouse?

Catfish

October 6

We are little brethren twain, arbiters of loss and gain; man to our counters run, some are made, and some undone; but men find it, to their cost, few are made, but numbers lost; though we play them tricks for ever, yet they always hope our favor.

Dice

October 7

Where do penguins come from?

Eggs

October 8

It goes up, but at the same time goes down Up toward the sky, and down to the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, Come for a ride, just me and you.

Seesaw

October 9

What liquid can contain the soul?

Ink

October 10

Looks like water, but it's heat. Sits on sand, lays on concrete. A play on the eyes, but it's all lies.

Mirage

October 11

In wealth I abound; in water I stand; as a fencer I'm valued all over the land; at Venice I'm famous; by farmers I'm prized; respected by law, yet huntsmen despised; consternation and ruin ensue when I break; And the beasts of the forest advantage won't take.

Bank

October 12

What sphinxes employ and players enjoy.

Riddle

October 13

His eyes were raging, that scraggly beast. His lips were bursting, with rows of angry teeth. Upon his back a razor was found. It was a fearsome battle we fought, my life – or his, one would be bought. And when we were through, and death chilled the air, we cut out his heart, and ate it with flair.

Boar

October 14

This is a coat that will soon dry but it must be put on while it is wet.

Paint

October 15

Besides Paris, what is the capital of France?

F

October 16

Though blind as well, can lead the blind well.

Cane

October 17

If two is company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?

Nine

October 18

I view the world in little space, am always changing place; No food I eat, but, by my power, procure what millions do devour.

Sun

October 19

Can not be bought, can not be sold, even if it's made of gold.

Heart

October 20

Despite having long teeth, every bit of food it grabs gets taken from it.

Fork

October 21

My first, if you do, you'll increase; my second will keep you from heaven; my whole, such a human caprice, is more frequently given than taken.

Advice

October 22

Oh lord! I am not worthy! I bend my limbs to the ground. I cry, yet without a sound. Let me drink of waters deep. And in silence I will weep.

Willow

October 23

A hundred years I once did live, and often wholesome food did give, yet all that time I ne'er did roam, so much as a half a mile from my home, my days were spent devoid of strife, until at last I lost my life. And since my death – I pray give ear, I oft have traveled far and near.

Tree

October 24

My first is a term to relate a circumstance present or past; and those who are much prone to prate, my second will spout away fast. My whole, in the days of our youth, is what we extremely despised; and though it say nothing but truth, yet it never need hope to be prized.

Telltale

October 25

They try to beat me, they try in vain. And when I win, I end the pain.

Death

October 26

What animal has feet on the head?

Lice

October 27

What occurs four times in every week, twice in every month, only once in a year but never in a day?

e

October 28

Runs smoother than any rhyme, loves to fall but cannot climb.

Rain

October 29

It's the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh.

Lettuce

October 30

I saw a fight the other day; A damsel did begin the fray. She with her daily friend did meet, then standing in the open street, she gave such hard and sturdy blows, he bled ten gallons at the nose; yet neither seemed to faint nor fall, nor gave her an abuse at all.

Pump

October 31

What do rich people have that can be changed into the law.

Wealth

November 1

It's red, blue, purple, and green, no one can reach it, not even the queen.

Rainbow

November 2

Man of old, it is told would search until he tired, not for gold, ne'er be sold, but what sought he was fire. Man today, thou mayst say, has quite another aim, in places deep, he did seek, to find me for his gain!

Oil

November 3

A vessel have I, that is round as pear, moist in the middle, surrounded with hair; and often it happens that water flows there.

Sometimes it glitters, but often not; May be cold, or may be hot! Ever changing though the eye can't measure, concealed within are many treasures. Some find safety beneath its gate, while some may die beneath its weight! Old and broken, it brings forth life.

Rock

November 11

What hole do you mend with holes?

Net

November 12

Before a circle appear, twice twenty-five, and five in rear; One fifth of eight subjoin; and then you'll quickly find what conquers men.

Love

November 13

I tremble at each breath of air, and yet can heaviest burdens bear.

Water

November 14

It has no legs to dance, it has no lungs to breathe, it has no life to live or die, and yet it does all three.

Fire

November 15

What loses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?

Pillow

November 16

What word has three syllables and twenty six letters?

alphabet

November 17

A single syllable do I claim, black was my most famous name; Fetal to mortals here below, thousands have I slain in a single blow.

Plague

November 18

My first a blessing sent to earth, of plants and flowers to aid the birth; my second surely was designed to hurl destruction on mankind; my whole a pledge from pardoning heaven, of wrath appeased and crimes forgiven.

Rainbow

November 19

I am born in fear, raised in truth, and I come to my own in deed. When comes a time that I'm called forth, I come to serve the cause of need.

Courage

November 20

Green but not a lizard, white without being snow, and bearded without being a man.

Leek

November 21

It is in every mountain, it's not in any hill, it's not in all the world, and yet it's in the mill.

M

November 22

Barren location, infertile and dry; my name means “to leave”, it's not heard to see why.

Desert

November 23

What is between heaven and earth?

And

November 24

Those wooden birds are now in sight whose voices roar, whose wings are white, whose maws are fill'd with hose and shoes, with wine, cloth, sugar, salt and news, when they have eas'd their stomachs here they cry farewell, until next year.

Ships

November 25

A word there is of plural number, foe to ease and tranquil slumber; with any other word you take, to add an “s” would plural make. But if you add an “s” to this, how strange the metamorphosis: What plural was, is plural now no more, and sweet, what bitter was before.

caress

November 26

I war with the wind, with the waves I wrestle; I must battle with both when the bottom I seek, my strange habitation by surges o'er-roofed. I am strong in strife, while I still remain; as soon as I stir, they are stronger than I. They wrench and they wrest, till I run from my foes; what was put in my keeping they carry away.

Anchor

November 27

What fish is a celebrity?

Starfish

November 28

My first is in riddle, but not in little. My second is in think, but not in brink. My third is in thyme, but not in time. My fourth is in mother, but not in brother. My last is in time, but no t in climb.

Rhyme

November 29

Though it be cold, I wear no clothes, the frost and snow I never fear; I value neither shoes nor hose, And yet I wander far and near: My diet is forever good, I drink no cider, port, nor sack, what Providence doth send for food, I neither buy, nor sell, nor lack.

Fish

November 30

This thing can bat but never hit. It is next to a ball that is never thrown. It is good luck when found and it falls when it is lost.

Eyelash

December 1

In almost every house I'm seen, (No wonder then I'm common) I'm neither man, nor maid, nor child, nor yet a married woman. I'm penniless and poor as Job, Yet such my pride by nature, I always wear a kingly robe, though a dependent creature.

Cat

December 2

My first is a slice affords so nice; my second discomposes; my whole's a bed where honor's head devotedly reposes.

Hammock

December 3

My love for Eliza shall never know my first; neither shall it be my second; but it shall be my whole.

Endless

December 4

I'm not a bird, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water.

Cloud

December 5

What king can you make if you take the head of a lamb, the middle of a pig, the hind of a buffalo, and the tail of a dragon?

Lion

December 6

My first is equality; my second is inferiority; my whole is superiority.

Peerless

December 7

You can read it both ways, I wear; One way it's a number, reversed a snare.

Ten

December 8

It stands on one leg with its heart in its head.

cabbage

December 9

There is a word in the English language, the two first letters signify a male, the three first a female, the four first a great man, and the whole a great woman.

heroine

December 10

Put into a pit, locked beneath a grate, guarded through the night, yet it still goes out.

Fire

December 11

What fruit is of great use in history?

Date

December 12

My first is second in line; I send shivers up your spine; not quite shining bright I glitter in the light.

Ice

December 13

As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?

Sawdust

December 14

What goes up and down without moving?

Stairs

December 15

There's not a kingdom on the earth, but I have traveled over and over, and though I know not whence my birth, yet when I come, you know my roar. I through the town do take my flight, and through the fields and meadows green, and whether it be day or night, I neither am nor can be seen.

Wind

December 16

My first brace Nelson yielded, midst the jar of angry battle, and the din of war; my second, when from labor we retreat, far form polite, yet offers us a seat; my whole is but my second more complete.

Armchair

December 17

Has a tongue, but never talks. Has no legs, but sometimes walks.

Shoe

December 18

what leaps one time out of four?

Year

December 19

How do snails travel?

Slowly

December 20

Though I have neither legs nor feet, my use is for to go; Altho' I cannot speak, I tell what others want to know.

Watch

December 21

What has green hair, a round red head and a long thin white beard?

Radish

December 22

What can you add to a bucket full of water to make it lighter?

Hole

December 23

The more you take the more you leave behind.

Steps

December 24

My parents are singers, and while my father has red hair I am pale and completely bald.

Egg

December 25

There is someone, and there is always another, for without the other, there wouldn't be one.

Twins

December 26

A man who worked in a butcher shop was six feet tall and wore size eleven shoes. What did he weigh?

Meat

December 27

A useful thing, hard, firm, and white, outside in shaggy robe bedight; Hallowed within right cleverly, it goes to work both white and dry. When after labor it comes back, you'll find it moist and very black; for service it is ready ever, and fails the hand that guides it never.

Pen

December 28

In Spring I look gay, Decked in comely array, In Summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows, I filing off my clothes, and in winter quite naked appear.

Tree

December 29

Locked up inside you and yet they can steal it from you.

Heart

December 30

Men seize it form its home, tear apart its flesh, drink the sweet blood, then cast its skin aside.

Orange

December 31

Bold are the first; true are the second; playful are the third; clever are the fourth; forceful are the fifth.